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Saudi suicide bomb attack kills four

The pre-Eid suicide bombing trend continued throughout Monday with an attacker targeting the Prophet’s mosque in Medina. Four security personnel, who perished in the blast, prevented the suicide bomber from entering the mosque. Another suicide bombing in Qatif was reported as well. Read more

Bombing prevented in Nigeria

Three female suicide bombers have been prevented from carrying out a triple suicide bombing in Nigeria. Internally displaced people in Monguno, in Borno state, were the target of the attempted attack. Nigerian security forces were able to shoot two of the three suspects, with the third’s explosives detonating prematurely an hour later. Read more

R2K joins SABC picket bandwagon

Not content to be outdone by the recent protests against SABC censorship, organised by journalists and joined by the South African Editor’s Forum, the Right2Know campaign and associated hangers-on have announced planned pickets of their own. The demonstrations are scheduled for Wednesday (SABC) and Thursday (Icasa) this week. Read more

Murray, Federer, Williams all through

Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Serena Williams all breezed through ‘Manic Monday’ to reach the last eight at Wimbledon. Dominika Cibulková, who achieved a surprise victory as well, is now considering cancelling her wedding, which illustrated just how surprising it was. Read more

In Numbers

1,400

Facts of the Day

Today is Stage 4 of the Tour de France. This is the 237.5km Saumur > Limoges route.

Fact of the day: Butterflies in the Amazon will literally drink the tears of tortoises. This is to supplement their diet, rather than to rub any manner of insult in.

Weather

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JHB: min: 1° max: 18°, sunny
KIM: min: 6° max: 21°, cloudy
NLP: min: 0° max: 21°, cloudy
PMB: min: 5° max: 24°, cloudy
PKN: min: 3° max: 19°, cloudy
PE: min: 16° max: 26°, sunny
PTA: min: 3° max: 18°, cloudy

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	Jay Naidoo: I would fundamentally change the electoral system  By Melanie Verwoerd
	Op-Ed: Does South Africa actually have a counterterrorism strategy?  By Jasmine Opperman
	SABC: Battle lines drawn against Hlaudi’s ‘rule by diktat’  By Greg Nicolson
	Video: Evita’s Free Speech, Ep.45 – Evita shows that the proof of the voting is in the pudding  By Pieter-Dirk Uys
	Analysis: Madiba, the ultimate endorser  By Stephen Grootes
	Take a Chance: Welcome to the golden underground world of Zama-Zamas  By Greg Mills
	KwaZulu-Natal: KaMagwaza-Msibi’s NFP reels as all routes to the Municipal polls close  By CYRIL MADLALA
	GroundUp: Cape Town taken to court over toilets  By GroundUp
	Amisom divisions threaten Somalia’s fragile stability  By Simon Allison
	Health-E: Western Platinum Refinery’s ‘potent fog’ sparks health crisis  By HEALTH-E NEWS
	Analysis: Why women’s cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games could be a significant step into new markets  By Antoinette Muller
	A betrayal of democracy: Letter from former board members of the SABC  By Daily Maverick Staff Reporter

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	South Africa’s great LGBTI failure  By Pierre de Vos
	Durban July: Long live Conspicuous Consumption, long live! By Busani Ngcaweni
	Effecting a successful youth transition in SA  By Mcebisi Jonas
	Nanny Motsoaledi’s unscientific war on salt  By Ivo Vegter